Awning



(No Model.)

B. IBILLBURGH.

AWNING.

Patented June 14,1898.

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EDWARD BILLBURGI-I, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

AWNING. 1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,625, dated June 14, 1898.

Application filed October 4, 1897,

To all whom/ it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD BILLBURGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Awnings,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in adjustable window-awnings; and its objects are, first, to provide an awning that may be adjusted to different heights; second, to provide an awning that may be made to fold or extend at pleasure at different heights'on the window, and, third, to provide for holding the awning to form at the line of folding. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a window-frame in section, showing my appliancein its simplest form and in position. Fig; 2 shows my more complex form of awningsupport in place on a window-frame. Fig. 3 isa top View of the arm and its support with the slide in position. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of my slide in place, showing the position of the support when the slide is passing downward over the projections that actuate the arms. Fig. 5 is a back elevation of the awning with the slides removed, showing the manner of attaching the cords to the awning and the awning to the ways. Fig. 6 is the supporting-cleat detached, and Fig. 7 is a plan of the supporting-cleat as used upon circular or convex windows.

Similar letters refer to similar part-s throughout the several Views.

My support in its simpler form consists of slides E, supported to slide freely on rods or ways B, secured to the window-frame A, as shown in Fig. 1. To the slides E, I pivot an arm D, designed to hold the lower end of the awning. out from the window, as indicated by the dotted lines G, so that this portion of the :by a cross-bar, as 11.

Serial No. 654,052. (No model.)

the rods B to the position indicated by the dotted lines 01 or any intermediate position. To hold the awning in position, so that the wind will not blow it away from thewindow, I make use of a series of rings Z), secured to the awning and sliding upon the rods B.

WVith my more complex form of awningsupport I place a series of inclined projections F upon the face of the window-frame in position to engage the arm D, which is made substantially as shown'in Figs. 3 and 4t, having a bearing, as at d, in which the end- 61' of the arm D is pivoted to turn freely and to be in turn pivoted to the bearings e of the slides E, so that the two arms D and D may be actuated each independent of the other. This arm has a projecting arm (I, that is designed to extend a short distance out under the arm D, so that if the awning is being raised the end D will engage with the projections F andcause the arm D to rise to the position indicated by its dotted lines in Fig. 2, and when below or between said projections the arm D will be caused to assume the horizontal position shown by the solid lines in Figs. 1 and 2. In Fig. ll illustrate the position assumed by the arm D when the slide is descending on the rods Band passing the projections F. I This is necessary to allow the slide to descend, as otherwise'the projections would prevent the slide from passing over them. 'With this style of support I secure the cord 0 to the upper end of the-slide, asat 6, so that it has no, direct action upon the arms D, but leaves them freeito be actuated by the arm D, as stated. It is necessary in order to utilize this appliance to pass the arm D to one side of therod' B, and for this purpose I place the bearings that slide upon said rod to one side of the body of the slide, as at e in Fig. 3. The arms D are held to position when the arm D is thrown from under it, as in Fig. 4, by the awning. (See Fig. 1.)

It is of course understood that I show but one side arm in my accompanying drawings; but there is, as is well known, one of said arms on each side of the window connected (Shown asbroken off in Fig. 3.) I

My appliance for holding the awning to position at the line of folding consists of a cleat G, of thin wood, iron, or other suitable material, stitched or otherwise suitablysecured to use of the cleat the awning is likely to bag,

upon this line and render it almost impossible to successfully operate the awning. I find that the cords C for raising and lowering the awning work much more satisfactorily when strung through rings if some little distance from the edges of the awning, as shown in Fig. 5, and in my simpler form of awning I so string them. I also find that with this form it is more convenient to arrange the cords to pass through the window-frame in position to be readily accessible in the room, and thus averting the necessity of opening the window or taking out the screens to manipulate them.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a window-awning, rods secured, Vertically, to the window-frame, slides upon said rods, an arm projecting out from said slide to support the awning, arms projecting back from the slides to engage projections on the frame to actuate the arm D, said arms pivoted in the slides so that they may pass the projections when the awning is lowered and projections on the frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a window-awning, rods secured, vertically, to the frame, projections on the window-frame, slides upon said rods, arms pivoted to said slides, a covering on said arms and extending the length. of the window, cords for manipulating said awning, one end of which is secured at the ends of the arms to fold the awning before raising it and the other end in convenient reach of the operator, rings for guiding the awning on the rods, and a cleat inserted at the line of folding to hold the awning to position along this line, sub stantial] y as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 30, 1897.

ED\VARD BILLBURGII.

In presence ot I. J. GILLEY, A. ALLcInn. 

